gear swap

[bigrick21]

Originally Posted by stevesrt8

All that's involved is finding a suitable road with a grippy surface and a remote enough location so you can be repetitive! I made ten runs with my brother-in-law in the car running the G-tech. We ranged from low 5's to the mentioned 4.3. I honestly feel that the key is learning the rate at which to drop the pedal to the floor. You can't just hammer it, you have to smoothly and quickly move to the mat. Then you have to execute the 1-2 shift perfectly with that damned autostick delay.

Now that I've got it dialed in I can launch well on almost any road. Ther can be no imperfections or crap on the surface. These cars have a real traction-limited launch. When I get new tires I'll be even quicker as I will upsize and upgrade!

I really agree with SteveSRT8. Generally I have the same opinions and experience as Steve. I have run a 12.93 (believe he has 12.89) quarter and have a 4.55 0 - 60 where Steve has 4.3 . Must say, Steve, I have always left my tranny in drive for my times, that shift hesitation thing, but might try shifting after seeing your time. I totally agree with the road condition and getting the right timing in "pushing" the pedal to the floor instead of a all out romp, leading to major wheel spin. My best times have been cold days (below 50), let some air out of the back tires and really light them up for about 5 seconds before the run.

At this point, I am not scared of any vehicle on the road. I recently kept a good race going with a Kawasaki that beat me to about 80 mph by about a car length, but he was very impressed, as was I !

The lower rear end could / would produce some better times, but might take a lot of modifying to really get it all together and might ruin the car altogether from a true street car perspective. Like Steve pointed out, this is not a 69 Chevelle. The computer chips are all integral to the overall system. Yea, if you can get into the power band (about 6,000) quicker, as with the 3.73, you will probably ultimately get better times, but one might need wider tires too, then the computer is freaking out, the 12 mpg, and the wear on the engine because one is always running at about 4 to 5 K on the tach. I am going to leave my car alone. It is such a sweet driving vehicle, with performance that will allow competion with most any vehicle, win or lose.

Good luck to those that choose to mod the rear gear and lets here your stories, good and/or bad.

Richard

[SRT8PMP]

Originally Posted by bigrick21

At this point, I am not scared of any vehicle on the road. I recently kept a good race going with a Kawasaki that beat me to about 80 mph by about a car length, but he was very impressed, as was I !

Richard

FYI you raced a 50cc bike, he was handicapped..or he wasn't racing.

christ, now i've read just about everything.

[bigrick21]

Originally Posted by SRT8PMP

FYI you raced a 50cc bike, he was handicapped..or he wasn't racing.

christ, now i've read just about everything.

This is a good buddy of mine, actually misquoted as it is a Suzuki Boulavard M109r, almost 1800 cc (you quoted 50cc!???). It is the most powerful V twin on the street, about 125 hp. . My buddy weighs in at a conservative 380 +. He makes the bike look almost small. But it is simple physics. You take a 700 lb bike, add 400 lbs of man and devide by the hp. My car is making about 10 lbs per hp and my buddy about 9 lbs per hp. He got a quick jump and then we were pretty even, the race being over in about 6 or 7 seconds before the traffic light.

You make funny points (50 cc, he is retarded), but while you obviously viewed the post with a jaundice eye, you are not near as slick as you believe yourself to be! With the huge wieght of the bike and the man, it was actually more competetive a race than you have the capacity to understand! Ha

I had researced the bike before we got it on and knew there was no chance for a win, but I will take on all comers for sport, just gotta know when to put the money up and when to "just play."

[SRT8PMP]

Originally Posted by bigrick21

This is a good buddy of mine, actually misquoted as it is a Suzuki Boulavard M109r, almost 1800 cc (you quoted 50cc!???). It is the most powerful V twin on the street, about 125 hp. . My buddy weighs in at a conservative 380 +. He makes the bike look almost small. But it is simple physics. You take a 700 lb bike, add 400 lbs of man and devide by the hp. My car is making about 10 lbs per hp and my buddy about 9 lbs per hp. He got a quick jump and then we were pretty even, the race being over in about 6 or 7 seconds before the traffic light.

You make funny points (50 cc, he is retarded), but while you obviously viewed the post with a jaundice eye, you are not near as slick as you believe yourself to be! With the huge wieght of the bike and the man, it was actually more competetive a race than you have the capacity to understand! Ha

I had researced the bike before we got it on and knew there was no chance for a win, but I will take on all comers for sport, just gotta know when to put the money up and when to "just play."

i was joking when i said a 50cc bike...but i did make the assumption that you were talking about a sport bike, so my apologies...i can see how you ran with a hog on a hog

[Konvict]

Any news? Does GSM have these gears up and running successfully yet?

Is anyone running different gearing successfully?

[glhs837]

Cant speak for GS, but nobody else has even promised such, let alone delivered.